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Drought tolerant perennial with white cup shaped blooms usually found growing in poor soils. I planted it in heavily amended soil, and I think it was too rich for it. It was eaten up during the heat of the summer by flea beetles. I thought the too rich soil was the cause; however, Judith Phillips in Plants For Natural Gardens, wrote about this same occurrence in native soils. Phillips hypothesized this may be a way for tufted evening primrose to escape summer’s heat. However, my plant died, rather than just going to ground.

It’s alluring blooms are worth the effort of trying in a leaner location. As are the other Oenotheras, white tufted is an evening to morning bloomer. It's a favorite of the pollinator hawkmoth, but is also a food source for it's larva.